band

2
[ band ]
/ bænd /

noun

verb (used with object)

to mark, decorate, or furnish with a band or bands.

Origin of band

2
1480–90; < Middle French; Old French bende < Germanic; compare Old High German binta fillet. See bind, band1

OTHER WORDS FROM band

band·er, noun band·less, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for energy band (1 of 4)

energy band

noun

physics a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band See also energy gap

British Dictionary definitions for energy band (2 of 4)

band 1
/ (bænd) /

noun

verb

(usually foll by together) to unite; assemble

Word Origin for band

C15: from French bande probably from Old Provençal banda of Germanic origin; compare Gothic bandwa sign, banner

British Dictionary definitions for energy band (3 of 4)

band 2
/ (bænd) /

noun

verb (tr)

to fasten or mark with a band
US and Canadian to ring (a bird) See ring 1 (def. 22)

Word Origin for band

C15: from Old French bende, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German binda fillet; see band ³

British Dictionary definitions for energy band (4 of 4)

band 3
/ (bænd) /

noun

an archaic word for bond (def. 1), bond (def. 3), bond (def. 4)

Word Origin for band

C13: from Old Norse band; related to Old High German bant fetter; see bend 1, bond

Medical definitions for energy band

band
[ bănd ]

n.

An appliance or a part of an apparatus that encircles or binds a part of the body.
A cordlike tissue that connects or that holds bodily structures together.
A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

Scientific definitions for energy band

band
[ bănd ]

A specific range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies, as those used in radio broadcasting.

Idioms and Phrases with energy band

band

see on the bandwagon; to beat the band.